The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Hiroaki Samura's Mugen no Junin/Blade of the Immortal jidaigeki manga today confirmed its theatrical release day in Japan is set for April 29, 2017, and also announced 19-year-old actress Hana Sugisaki is playing the main heroine Rin Asano. Among anime fans, Sugisaki is known for her voice work as Sayaka in Studio Ghibli's 2014 film When Marnie Was There.
The only other announced cast is 43-year-old Takuya Kimura as the protagonist Manji. He is a member of Japanese idol group SMAP that recently announced its breakup in the end of this year. 55-year-old Takashi Miike is attached to direct from a screenplay by Tetsuya Oishi (Deatth Note, Beck). The shooting was already held in Kyoto from November 2015 to early January of 2016.
Miike is now reportedly working on the first part of the live-action film adaptations of JoJo's Bizarre
Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, the fourth story arc of Hirohiko Araki's long-running JoJo's Bizarre
Adventure manga series, for a summer 2017 release.
＼2017年4月29日公開決定！／
— 映画『無限の住人』公式 (@mugenmovie) October 31, 2016
主演 #木村拓哉×監督 #三池崇史。日本映画界が世界に誇る“最強タッグ”で挑む、かつてない規格外アクションエンターテインメント！2017年最大の話題作『#無限の住人』が4月29日（土・祝）公開決定！ http://pic.twitter.com/m4I21puqPF
＼『無限の住人』ヒロイン決定！／
— 映画『無限の住人』公式 (@mugenmovie) October 31, 2016
監督 #三池崇史主演 #木村拓哉『#無限の住人』。主人公、無限の命を持つ男・万次に仇討を依頼するヒロイン浅野凜（あさのりん）役に、いま最注目女優の #杉咲花 さんが大抜擢！ http://pic.twitter.com/6W8lz2kSqN
Covers of the manga new edition 1st and 2nd volumes
Source: "Mugen no Junin" live-action film official website, Twitter
© Hiroaki Samura/Kodansha ©2017 Movie "Mugen no Junin" Production Committee
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